Levada do Faial Histórica - Stage 1: Choupana to Caminho da Madeira
Also known as: Levada da Serra, Levada da Serra do Faial (histórica)
- Location
- Monte, Madeira
- Category
- Outdoor & Adventure / Hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Duration
- 115
- Distance
- 5.5 km (one way, 11 km out and back)
- Start Point
- Choupana
- End Point
- Caminho da Madeira
Sunrise and Sunset on This Trail
- Sunset behind the mountain ridge at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Mar 6 to Oct 8. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Evening golden hour at km 1.5 from the trailhead: Aug 21 to Apr 18. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 1.6 from the trailhead: Oct 7 to Mar 6. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 3.1 from the trailhead: Oct 24 to Feb 18. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise over the open ocean at km 5.3 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
First stage of the Levada da Serra walk, leaving Choupana above Funchal along the wooded channel toward Vale Paraiso. Part of the Levada da Serra (do Faial) system, the long forest levada from the hills above Funchal to the Faial water house at Lombo da Raiz.